2014 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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2014 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2013–14
Teams 10
Site Scottrade Center
St. Louis, Missouri
Champions Wichita State (3rd title)
Winning coach Gregg Marshall (1st title)
MVP Tekele Cotton (Wichita State)
Television MVC TV, CBS
Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2013  2015»
2013–14 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#2 Wichita State 18 0   1.000     35 1   .972
Indiana State 12 6   .667     23 11   .676
Northern Iowa 10 8   .556     16 15   .516
Missouri State 9 9   .500     20 13   .606
Illinois State 9 9   .500     18 16   .529
Southern Illinois 9 9   .500     14 19   .424
Bradley 7 11   .389     12 20   .375
Drake 6 12   .333     15 16   .484
Evansville 6 12   .333     14 19   .424
Loyola (IL) 4 14   .222     10 22   .313
2014 MVC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", as part of the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season was played in St. Louis, Missouri March 6–9 at the Scottrade Center. The championship game was televised on CBS on Sunday March 9 at 1:05 pm (central). The tournament's winner received the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Tournament bracket

  First round
Thursday, March 6
MVC TV
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 7
MVC TV
Semifinals
Saturday, March 8
MVC TV
Championship
Sunday, March 9
CBS
                                     
        
  1  Wichita State 80  
    9  Evansville 58  
8  Drake 61
9  Evansville 69  
  1  Wichita State 67  
  4  Missouri State 42  
        
        
  4  Missouri State 53
    5  Illinois State 48  
      
        
  1  Wichita State 83
  2  Indiana State 69
        
        
  2  Indiana State 75
    10  Loyola–Chicago 62  
7  Bradley 72
10  Loyola–Chicago 74  
  2  Indiana State 62
  6  Southern Illinois 59  
        
        
  3  Northern Iowa 58
    6  Southern Illinois 63  
      

Game summaries

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Tournament notes

Awards

The following were honored as the top players of the tournament:[3]

Tekele Cotton of the Wichita State Shockers was named the tournament's most outstanding player (MOP) after scoring 20 points and grabbing 3 rebounds in the championship game against Indiana State. In the game, he scored the second most points behind Fred VanVleet, who added 22.

References

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  2. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1986613-indiana-state-vs-wichita-state-score-and-recap-as-shockers-go-undefeated Indiana State vs Wichita State: Recap - Bleacher Report
  3. http://www.mvc-sports.com/mbasketball/14alltournament/ Men's Basketball - 2014 All-Tournament Team - MVC-Sports.com